Manduca
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Manduca | |
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Manduca quinquemaculata (five-spotted hawkmoth, tomato hornworm) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subfamily: | Sphinginae |
Genus: | Manduca Hübner, 1807 |
Species | |
About 70, see text | |
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Manduca is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a model in the biological sciences. The tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and the tomato hornworm (M. quinquemaculatus) in particular have been very well studied.[1]
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References
- ↑ Kawahara, A. Y., et al. (2013). Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: Biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral center of diversification in Central America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press.
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